The electric car maker on Friday announced a new "Ludicrous Mode" for its top-of-the-line Model S P85D electric sedan. How fast is it exactly? Tesla CEO Elon Musk said it improves 0-60mph time by 10 percent, dropping it to just 2.8 seconds. With Ludicrous Mode, the full-sized sedan can also go a quarter-mile in just 10.9 seconds.

"The car will accelerate now at 1.1Gs, so it's faster than falling," Musk said.

The upgrade won't come cheap, though. At $10,000, you better have some deep pockets and a serious desire to go fast. As for whether customers were actually asking for a faster sedan, Musk quipped: "Nobody was asking for Ludicrous mode because it's too ludicrous."

He added that the new mode is "beyond insane" involving some "really advanced and exotic electronics."

"It's like having your own private roller coaster," Musk said.

Besides Ludicrous Mode, Musk also introduced an upgraded 90kWh battery back option for $3,000 and dropped the price of the 70 KWh rear-wheel drive Model S to $70,000.

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As The Verge noted, meanwhile, Tesla quietly revealed that it will release a new Roadster...in four years.

The new Ludicrous upgrade comes after Tesla earlier this year introduced the aptly named "Insane Mode," which lets drivers with the souped-up Model S P85D go 0-60 mph in 3.2 seconds. Insane Mode has famously caused some to spill coffee all over their super-expensive cars—or drop the very cameras they were using to try and film the quick acceleration, so we can't wait to find out what Ludicrous mode is going to be like.

Meanwhile, Musk has some more news to share next week, this time about SpaceX. He said on Twitter to expect a "rocket discussion at noon on Monday," so stay tuned for all the details.

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